Bath, Northampton County, PA – parish records
Hello,
I’m researching a Polish family who lived in Bath, Northampton County, PA in the 1910s. Several of their children were born in the USA, and I’m especially interested in birth/baptism records, as there is no family memory of all the siblings.
I contacted the local parish (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary / St. Mary’s Polish Church in Northampton) a few weeks ago but haven’t received any reply.
Does anyone know where else I could look for parish or baptismal records from Bath or Catasauqua around that time?
Would they possibly be at the Diocese of Allentown Archives or elsewhere?
Thanks very much for any guidance!
I’m attaching a copy of the marriage record of the family whose children’s birth records I’m trying to locate.
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@LeszekMalkowski There's a Mary Kasycka GHDL-PMM that might be a relative or give you some clues also Anna KLR3-KMP and Julia KL54-WLR - I found these by entering Rozalia Kasycka who apparently was not indexed during the days of web indexing (before 2024) so she doesn't have a Person ID page. Mitro Kacsuba or Kaczuba (?) doesn't seem to appear in Family Search either. Then I went to Ancestry and found some interesting possibilities as well. I'm no expert, but maybe this will help. Best wishes, Mary 😎
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I completed the indexing of the marriage record for Mitro and Rozalia as that may trigger better search results and provide more clues.
It’s interesting that they asked where his parents resided, but did not asked where her parents resided.
It states "Austria" as the place of birth, which probably means the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If they are ethnic Poles, then they probably lived in the region known as the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Which is abbreviated on Family Search to "Galicia, Austria". I left it at simply "Austria" since there is currently no corroborating evidence.
I’ve seen a good number of marriage records of other people where they stated age 21, but were actually younger. Pretending to be older so that they didn't need their parents' permission.
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Thank you kindly for your suggestions and for indexing the records! @Nyx773, You are right about the "Austria" origin - this is exactly the case.
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